Drip Therapy HBW

Give Your Body the Vitamins it Needs

THE PANDEMIC LED MANY OF US TO PRIORITIZE nurturing our physical and mental health. Those already taking care of their bodies looked for ways to boost their temples. Jalise Smith, CEO of Drip Therapy Health Beauty and Wellness noticed a health shift in the Monroe community, after returning to Louisiana. She also noticed a need for more methods.

Drip Therapy HBW is a mobile IV drip and immune shot bar. “When moving back I realized people were wanting to take more control of their health. There were so many gyms and tea shops but the wellness from the inside (IV vitamins) was missing,” Smith said. In a study on Micronutrient Inadequacies in the U.S. Population by Linus Pauling Institute, at least one half of adults have preventable chronic disease.

Smith says that IV hydration is a wellness tool and giving the body the vitamins it needs on a regular basis combats illnesses before they start.

A nurse of 11 years, Smith began as a dialysis nurse in 2012. In 2018 she took on travel nursing in South Dakota and more recently, in Atlanta, cardiac nursing. When moving back to Louisiana she had a stint in home health allowing her to start Drip Therapy HBW. Since fully opening in July, Drip Therapy HBW Smith and her team of three certified nurses continue their concierge services. Drips can be done in the comfort of the patient’s home. They also offer their services at Infit Monroe and Pure Drip, yoga and sauna studio.

Smith looks to expand and add a weight loss management program. “We added weight loss management on Christmas as well as Concierge lab work and processing. Many more exciting services in the near future.” Lab processing will entail any blood work or lab results a patient should need.

In addition to pop up shops and concierge, Smith hopes to open a drip studio of her own. “Whether I open a space in the future as we add services I do believe I will always keep IV hydration as a concierge service.” In her time dripping she believes her patients enjoy the ability to drip in the comfort of their own home any time they want.

For a while, many thought IV Drips were just for hangovers. Smith, a mom, says that’s far from true. Drip Therapy HBW’s mission works to change the stigma that IV hydration is just for hangovers. Vitamins are essential to everyday wellness, not just recovery. A mom of a two-year-old, Smith says she finds dripping essential in her life, especially since it’s hard for her to take pills and vitamins. “I’m a nurse that has a hard time taking pills so I never get my daily vitamins and nutrition,” she says. “This has allowed me to receive those essential vitamins to boost my energy to keep up with my two year old, boost my immunity to fight all the germs he brings home and just overall give my body the things it needs on the inside quicker and longer.”

Her clients range from athletes, weight trainers, lawyers, doctors, entrepreneurs, pageant ladies, cancer patients and whoever feels they need an extra boost in immunity. Although we are entering into a post pandemic world, taking care of our bodies shouldn’t come to a halt.

Drip Therapy HBW hopes to put the healthcare needs of the community first with an extra boost of IV hydration.

Photography by D. Jones Visuals